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Coll 28/97 ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries’ [183r] (365/749)
The record is made up of 1 file (373 folios). It was created in 9 Jul 1942-8 Feb 1946. It was written in English and French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Sir R. Bullard to Mr. Eden.—(Received \Mh May)
(No. 195.)
HIS Majesty’s representative presents his compliments to His Majesty’s
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and has the honour to transmit
herewith a copy of Intelligence Summary No. 17 for the period the 24th April to
the 30th April, 1944, compiled by the military attache to this legation.
Tehran. ls£ May. 1944.
Enclosure.
Military Attache's Intelligence Summary No. 17 for the Period the 24:th April to
the 30M April. 1944.
(Secret.) .
Persian Affairs.
Political.
THERE is little in the situation to justify hope that Sa’ed’s Government
will be able to make much effective progress. The Deputies continue to give daily
proof of their irresponsibility and the press to publish defamatory reports about
Dr. Millspaugh’s assistants and others without the slightest regard for truth.
(The attacks against the American mission are slightly less virulent, and a few
papers have even ventured to speak guardedly in their defence, but the harm
done to their reputation throughout the country must be great. Seyyid Zia is
causing increasing anxiety to his opponents by the attention he is attracting
not only in Parliament but among the general public. He has lately proclaimed
himself as an admirer and champion of the tribes, obviously with a view to
gaining their support, but his contention that the tribes must be allowed to retain
their arms to protect themselves against military oppression until they are assured
of just treatment may have dangerous results. The Tudeh papers are loud in
their condemnation of this reactionary suggestion,
2. The Prime Minister has announced the formation of a Tribal Commission
to consist of the two Ministers without portfolio and two tribal Deputies,
Amir Jang Bakhtiari and Abbas Qobadian Kalhur. In a statement the Prime
Minister said that it was not the intention of the Government to act towards the
tribes as in the past, but to endeavour to right the wrongs from which the tribes
held suffered
3. A Bill was tabled by Seyyid Zia and thirty-one other Deputies whose
purpose was to oblige Ministers to take an oath on appointment pledging
themselves to perform their duties uprightly and honestly according to the
Constitution and to the laws passed by the Majlis; to be loyal to the Shah; to
do no treason to the principle of sovereignty or to the rights of the nation,
to be guided solely by considerations of the interests of the Persian State and
nation^ There was little discussion on the matter, and after some days a motion
to remove the Bill from the agenda of the Majlis was approved
4 Dr Millspaugh has asked the Public Prosecutor to take action, under
article 269 of the Penal Code (which deals with defamatory statements and
publications), against the authors of the slanderous statements made about him
g 'ppg Minister of Education, Dr. Ghani, has resigned from the Cabinet.
A ppointments—C ivil.
6 __(i) R eza Afshar (F.O. 4, M.A. 4) to be Governor-General (Ustandar) of
Isfahan Province.
(ii) Hassan Sadr to be Farmandar of Malayer.
(iii) Hussein A’zam Rukni to be Farmandar of Qnm.
YtCi—A li Asehar Alusavvar Rnhmani to be Farmandar of Sa\eh.
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Copies of intelligence summaries prepared on a weekly basis by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran, and received by the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. via the Foreign Office. The file’s contents follow on chronologically from Coll 28/97(1) ‘Persia. Diaries. Tehran Intelligence Summaries.’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3503). The summaries cover a broad range of information relating to wartime conditions in Iran: the activities of the Iranian government, including political instabilities, the resignation and appointment of governments and government ministers; the financial situation in Iran, including the reappointment in 1942 and subsequent economic policies of Arthur Chester Millspaugh, who was recruited to organise the government’s finances; internal security in Iran, including increasing political unrest in the north of the country (specifically in Azerbaijan) brought about by a growing Soviet presence, wartime propaganda, and the activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran; concerns over wheat production and supply, including reports of food shortages and famine conditions in 1942/43; the Iran military, including its movements, activities and appointments; foreign interests (primarily USA, British, and Soviet); reports of the numbers of Polish refugees in camps in Tehran, Isfahan and Ahwaz [Ahvāz].
The file contains a single item in French, being a copy of the declaration of the Congrès National d’Azerbaidjan (Nation Congress of Azerbaijan, f 359).
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The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 375; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- front, front-i, 2r:52v, 54r:104v, 106r:110v, 112r:192r, 193r:241v, 242v:261v, 262v:273r, 275r:339v, 341r:358v, 360r:360v, 362r:363r, 365r:369v, 370v:371r, 372v:374v, back
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